old school
Preceded by the: a group of people characterized by being conservative or traditional; also, a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembe
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I went full-on old school with a grid supported on rocks over some invasive tree. Can 100% recommend. :)
I am not a green voter but I respect Caroline and the old school greens
I work with a die hard, old school Chelsea ST holder. He's adamant Iraola won't go there as it's a bin fire behind the scenes with open warfare in the boardroom.
youtu.be/R5F_A78MElI?... I'm going old school today. This track blew my plums off in 1990!
Oh no! He was one of the few really good old school style poster artists left.
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Preceded by the: a group of people characterized by being conservative or traditional; also, a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its superiority over the new way.
Family experts are advocating a change away from the old school, advising parents not to medicate behavioural problems.
“Bears strongly resemblance to an old school house we pass every summer on our way from the cottage to Sleeping Bear Dunes.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ve been trying to use deviantart again but navigating the UI feels like when you go back to an old school and you see your old locker. Everything feels familiar yet foreign”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Old school Kamigawa was a weird block.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump Faces Major Test of His Power as Old School Republicans Refuse to Back Down open.substack.com/pub/theswamp...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“>> Certain artists like old school Taylor”
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Now often old-school: characteristic of a method for accomplishing a task, a style, or a way of thinking that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its superiority over the new way.
“I went full-on old school with a grid supported on rocks over some invasive tree. Can 100% recommend. :)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I am not a green voter but I respect Caroline and the old school greens”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I work with a die hard, old school Chelsea ST holder. He's adamant Iraola won't go there as it's a bin fire behind the scenes with open warfare in the boardroom.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“youtu.be/R5F_A78MElI?... I'm going old school today. This track blew my plums off in 1990!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh no! He was one of the few really good old school style poster artists left.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(music) A style of popular music regarded as more old-fashioned or traditional, or not following newer trends; specifically (often old skool), hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music.
My mom’s a good baker because she’s of the old school. She’d never buy ready-made cookie dough.
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